Internet agents : spiders, wanderers, brokers, and 'bots / Fah-Chun Cheong.
By: Cheong, Fah-Chun
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BookPublisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : New Riders, c1996Description: xiv, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1562054635 .Subject(s): Internet | World Wide Web | Computer programmingDDC classification: 025.04 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 025.04 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015036 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A reference guide on one of the technologies on the Internet. It describes the benefits of using Agents and Bots, and addresses the impact of Bots on a network's resources.
Bibliography: (pages 387-399) and index.
Part I: Introduction -- The world of agents -- The internet: past, present and future -- World wide web: playground for robots -- Part II: Web robot construction -- Spiders for indexing the web -- Web robots: operational guidelines -- HTTP: protocol of web robots -- WebWalker: your web maintenance robot -- Part III: Agents and money on the net -- Web transaction security -- Electronic cash and payment services -- Part IV: Bots in cyberspace -- Worms and viruses -- MUD agents and chatterbots.